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Amanda P., et vir, as Parents and Next Friends of T. P., a Minor Individual with a Disability v. Copperas Cove Independent School District
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-50373 · judgment March 1, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether de novo review or clear error is the standard of review applicable to the question of whether a school district has provided a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) to a child with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.
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In cases arising under the IDEA, whether judicial deference is owed to school district procedures that delay evaluation of students with disabilities or that otherwise violate the IDEA.
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Whether a retrospective assessment of “some” or “objective” progress, regardless of how minimal, is sufficient to determine that a school district has provided FAPE under this Court’s holding in Endrew F. ex rel. Joseph F. v. Douglas Cty. Sch. Dist. RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988 (2017).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew Kiernan Cuddy
Cuddy Law Firm, P.C.
For respondent
Bridget R. Robinson
Walsh Gallegos Trevino Kyle & Robinson P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Sep 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Aug 27 2021Waiver of Copperas Cove Independent School District of right to respond not accepted for filing. (August 31, 2021)
- Aug 27 2021Waiver of right of respondent Copperas Cove Independent School District to respond filed.
- Jul 29 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2021)